Refrigeration system including thermoelectric module
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1. A method comprising:
- operating a refrigeration system in a cooling mode wherein a space is conditioned, said cooling mode of operation including transferring heat from a heat-transfer circuit to a thermoelectric device to a refrigeration circuit;
operating said refrigeration system in a defrost mode of operation including transferring heat through said thermoelectric device to said heat-transfer circuit to a heat exchanger.
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A method includes operating the refrigeration system in a cooling mode wherein a space is conditioned, and also includes transferring heat from a heat-transfer circuit to a thermoelectric device to a refrigeration circuit. A method further includes operating the refrigeration system in a defrost mode of operation including transferring heat through the thermoelectric device to the heat-transfer circuit to a heat exchanger.
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1. A method comprising:
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operating a refrigeration system in a cooling mode wherein a space is conditioned, said cooling mode of operation including transferring heat from a heat-transfer circuit to a thermoelectric device to a refrigeration circuit;
operating said refrigeration system in a defrost mode of operation including transferring heat through said thermoelectric device to said heat-transfer circuit to a heat exchanger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A refrigeration system comprising:
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a refrigeration circuit;
a heat-transfer circuit;
a thermoelectric device having a first side in heat-transferring relation with said refrigerant circuit and a second side in heat-transferring relation with said heat-transfer circuit;
an electric current source supplying a reversible electric current flow to said thermoelectric device;
wherein heat is transferred from said heat-transfer circuit to said thermoelectric device to said refrigerant circuit when said electric current source supplies electric current in a first direction and heat is transferred through said thermoelectric device to said heat-transfer circuit when said electric current source supplies electric current in a second direction opposite to said first direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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